Buddhist Ghazni: Decorative element/miscellanea
Inv. no. TS01742
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1962
Tapa Sardar, Vihara 17
In front of statue no. 17
Tapa Sardar, Vihara 17
In front of statue no. 17
Other images
Base / pedestal
Red clay; inferable: wood (tenon / inner armature)
Relief; completed by engraving
H: 18,5; L: 41; W: 18 cm
Late period
Rock-like pedestal in two superimposed projecting tiers. Asperity of rock shown by deep grooves. Traces left by disappeared wooden tenons.
The pedestal presumably supported the bodhisattva TS 906 (with the head TS 574).
Ghazni, MAIA storehouse (2002)
The pedestal presumably supported the bodhisattva TS 906 (with the head TS 574).
Ghazni, MAIA storehouse (2002)
Neg. no.: 10403/ 4-5
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